Clothes-pin.



H. SEBREE.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. I9. I9I5.

Patented' May 7,1918.

ELNE sEBnE, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application led February 19, 1915. Serial No. 9,475. 'f

7 o alt whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HELENE SEBRE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to an improved clothes pin, which can becheaply made and is simple in use andconstruction, and is so contrivedas firmly to hold clothing, sheets, and the like when hung out to drywithout letting them touch the line or rope from which they are hung. Byso doing, the soiling' of the clothes by contact with blackened lines isprevented.

Certain preferred forms of my invention are shown in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig.

2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 is a middle section of a modifiedform.

The device comprises two jaws 10 and 11, substantially of the form shownin Fi 1, the same being suspended and rmly held together by a singlepiece of strong spring wire arranged substantially as hereinafterdescribed. The active ortion of the jaws intended to grip the cihthes ispreferably corrugated as shown at 12, in order to aiord a more securehold.

In Figs. 1 and 2 is shown a form in which a single iece of wire is soshaped and associated with the jaws as to provide, not only the 'ppingforce necessary, but to confine the jaws laterally and supply the meansfor sus ension.

` cross the back of the active end of each piece 10 and 11 is cut asuit-able notch in which lie the respective extremities of the wlre.

Starting from the end 14 (Fig. 2) which lies in one of these notches,the wire turns at right angles, and lies across the sides of both jaws,making a turn as shown in dotted lines at 15, whence it extends to formone half of the` pivotal coil 16 which lies in a suitably formed portionof the jaws 10 and 11, where theymeet.

From the middle of this coil, the wire extends upward to form a loop 17,which is bent laterally to form a hook, as shown clearly yin Figs. l1and 2; which hook is intended to fit over the clothesline 1S, whichsupports the pins and clothes. The wire then extends downward, beingpreferably twisted around the rising portion to form a shank 19, andthen to form the second half of the coil 16. From this coil the wireextends again twice across the sides of the jaws as at 20, and ends in aportion 21, which lies in its appropriate groove 13, across the jaw 10.

It will be seen that the wire thus formed holds the jaw's closed uponthe clothes to be gripped, and affords a means for suspension. At thesame time lit firmly confines the sides rof the jaws and preventslateral displacement. The use of the wide loop bent into a hook at thetop affords such a bearing on the line as to prevent twisting, and

tend to oppose sliding of the hooks along the line.

The opening of the jaws to permit introductionof the clothes betweenthem ,is accomplished by squeezing together the upper ends of the jaws,as shown in Fig. 1 in dotted lines. I prefer to shape the device (asshown in Fig. 1) so that, when the upper parts of the jaws are s ueezedtogether as far as they will go t e jaws in opening will not move apartfarenough to escape the lateral guidance and grasp of theparts 20 of thewire.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modification wherein the rising parts or shank 19do not leave the coil 16 from the middle thereof, `and wherein, also,the two parts of the wire are parted at 22. device, and neither of thesedepartures from the structure already described would avoid the scope ofthe present invention.

What I claim is- A clothes pin comprising two separable jaws havingactive portions and rear extensions diverging in V shape when saidactive portions are closed, and a spring wire This would be a practicalarranged to hold them together, said wire top which is bent as a wholeto form a. sus- .v

forming a pivotal coil between said jaws, pending hook. l0'

whose ends extend along and across the In testimony whereof,1 aiix mysignature, sides` of said active portions and thence 1n presence of twowitnesses.

across the backs of the same, the interni-e1 HLNE SEBRE diate portion ofsaid coil being extended up- Witnesses: ward in two parts twistedtogether to form KATHARINE Q MEAD a, shank, and opened to form a loop atthe GEO. A. BYRNE,

